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Lake Malawi cichlids — species, locations & maps

Lake Malawi cichlids — species, locations & maps
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Pseudotropheus sp. 'williamsi north' Magunga.jpg Sciaenochromis fryeri 'Magunga'.jpg Tramitichromis sp. 'brevis magunga' Magunga.jpg Tropheops gracilior 'Magunga'.jpg Tropheops sp. 'mauve yellow' Magunga.jpg
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Genus: Tramitichromis
Biotope: Sand and sediment habitats where mouthfuls of sand and sediment are processed during feeding.
Breeding: Males defend a loose array of sand heaps, with a small cleared patch in the center used as the spawning site.
Special notes: Tramitichromis is characterized by a distinctive lower pharyngeal bone with long, slender teeth, including markedly elongated anterior teeth with backward-bent tips, and by a downward-projecting anterior blade of the pharyngeal bone. The lower gill-rakers are robust and can form a near-horizontal grid that separates heavier sand from lighter food items during sand-sifting. This undescribed form was recorded at Magunga, Tanzania, and resembles T. brevis in melanin pattern, but breeding males construct a markedly different bower.

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